"Slavery ended because slavery is morally wrong." Is this a good explanation? @lewrycasey , George Tsai, and @tanialombrozo find that our moral commitments influence which explanations we prefer and whether we believe something is an explanation at all. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

"Are ethical explanations explanatory? Meta-ethical beliefs shape judgments about explanations for social change" 📢 New paper from: Casey Lewry, George Tsai, & Tania Lombrozo

New lab paper led by Casey Lewry on ethical explanations!

🚨New preprint!🚨 People who believe that humans drive moral progress (rather than it being inevitable) are more likely to view their own actions as needed to correct moral setbacks—and they're more likely to donate! w/ Sana Asifriyaz & Tania Lombrozo osf.io/preprints/psya…

This week at CogSci Society! Who is responsible for collective action? We ask this question from computer science, psychology, and philosophy perspectives, with Lio Wong, Tobias Gerstenberg, and Sofia Bonicalzi

Come see us today! Sydney Levine will now be giving our first talk

Pleased to see Casey Lewry & Tania Lombrozo presented a Study Space Analysis of lit on individual vs moral / prospective vs retrospective judgment, even though they didn’t call it that. Not my area at all but we need more Study Space Analyses to guide our research! #CogSci2024

Compositional generalization, kinematic modulation, pragmatic intrusion: I bet you have mixed feelings about the jargon in #CogSci2024's talk titles! Want to know why? Stop by my poster (P2-LL-503) tomorrow to learn how (lay)people react to jargon in scientific explanations!

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Are you a psych grad student who wants to give a talk at Princeton, expenses paid? Nominate yourself or a colleague here! forms.gle/WN2ybYMuZiW3re… Priority given to non-ivy schools and students from diverse backgrounds.

Emily is the BEST! Go work with her!

There are many moral setbacks in the world: wars, violence, harmful policies. Yet, many of us still try to create change. Why? Now out in Cognitive Science, with Tania Lombrozo and Sana Asifriyaz! doi.org/10.1111/cogs.7…

New ManyBabies large scale replication study fails to find support for a classic finding by Hamlin and colleagues from 2007 that babies prefer characters that show prosocial behavior. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/de…

Is AI capable of self-correction? #PrincetonU's @tanialombrozo reviews this concept of learning by thinking. bit.ly/3Bk7uZW (via @SciTechDaily)

When do others' opinions shape our beliefs? Do ⭐ ratings guide purchases, ❤️ likes guide shares, and 📊 polls guide votes? Our new review covers 300+ studies (!) across psych, phil, & poli sci w/ Tania Lombrozo Article: go.nature.com/40lJX56 PDF: rdcu.be/d5tor

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Across 9 experiments (+6600 participants), we explored a paradox: How do non-experts judge scientific explanations they can’t fully understand? We found that scientific jargon can increase people’s satisfaction with explanations, even though it makes them less comprehensible. 2/9

A special thanks to Tania Lombrozo, my advisor, without whom this wouldn't be possible, for all the guidance and all she taught me! And shout-out to all my lab mates for their invaluable feedback: Kerem Oktar Casey Lewry Ham Huang Read more here: nature.com/articles/s4156…